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Timmy Simons
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Timmy Simons is a Belgian association football player and coach. Born in Diest on December 11, 1976, he is a male who speaks Dutch. He has represented Belgium in association football, including participation in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. His professional career spanned from 1998 to 2018.
Simons played as a midfielder, centre-back, and sweeper. He wore the numbers 3, 2, 6, and 22. He was a member of sports teams including PSV Eindhoven, 1. FC Nürnberg, Lommel SK, and Club Brugge K.V. He received the Belgian Golden Shoe award. Standing 186 cm tall and weighing 78 kg, he is also recognized as a manager.
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Key facts
- Full name
- Timothy Simons
- Date of birth
- ( 1976-12-11 ) 11 December 1976 (age 49)
- Place of birth
- Diest , Belgium
- Height
- 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
- Positions
- Defensive midfielder centre-back sweeper
- 0000 1988
- Klein Kempen Bekkevoort
- 1988 1994
- KTH Diest
- Years
- Team
- 1994 1998
- KTH Diest
- 1998 2000
- Lommel
- 2000 2005
- Club Brugge
- 2005 2010
- PSV Eindhoven
- 2010 2013
- 1. FC Nürnberg
- 2013 2018
- Club Brugge
- 2001 2016
- Belgium
- 2018 2019
- Club Brugge (assistant)
- 2019 2020
- Club Brugge (U16 manager)
- 2020 2021
- Zulte Waregem (assistant)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Manager
- Nationality
- Belgium
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Diest
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Award
- Belgian Golden Shoe
- Participant in
- 2002 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Belgium men's national football team
- Position played
- sweeper
- League
- Bundesliga
- Country for sport
- Belgium
- Mass
- 78
- Image
- Timmy Simons FCN 2012.jpg
- Height
- 186
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- Commons category
- Timmy Simons
- date of birth
- 1976-12-11
- sport number
- 22
- end of work period
- 2018-00-00
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
- name in native language
- Timmy Simons
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Encyclopedic overview
Timmy Simons (born 11 December 1976) is a Belgian professional football coach and a former defensive midfielder who was most recently the manager of Westerlo. He was known for his tireless work ethic and penalty-taking ability, having scored 65 competitive goals through penalties, missing only 7. In 2012, at age 36, Simons was both the outfield player with the most minutes and the most kilometres in the Bundesliga. Simons' former clubs include Lommel, Club Brugge, PSV Eindhoven and 1. FC Nürnberg. He captained both Club Brugge and PSV Eindhoven, and won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 2002 while playing for Club Brugge.
Club career
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